Carbureter.



No. 774,798. PATENTED NOV. l5, 1904. J. O. THOMPSON.

OARBURETER.

APPLIUATION FILED AUG. 17, 1903.

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JESSE O. THOMPSON, OF BELKNAP, IOIVA.

CARBURETER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 774,798, dated November15, 1904. Application filed August 17, 1903. `Serial No. 169,761. I (Nomodel.)

To all whom, it may concern:

Be it known that I, JESSE C. TrioMrsoN, a resident of Belknap, in thecounty of Davis and State of Iowa, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Oarbureters; and I do hereby declare the following to bea full, clear, and exact description of the invention," such aswillenable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make anduse the same.

My invention relates to an improved carbureter, the object of theinvention being to provide improvements of this character which willcheaply produce a gas for heating and illuminating purposes, which canbe easilyl operated and controlled, which will be comparatively simplein construction, and which will produce a gas having perfect combustiblequalities.

Vith this object in view the invention consists in certain novelfeatures of construction and combinations and arrangements of parts, aswill be more fully hereinafter described, and pointed out in the claim.

The accompanying drawing is a view in vertical longitudinal sectionillustrating my improvements.

1 represents a tank containing salt water, into which the lower enclof abell 2 is submerged and provided with a counterbalanceweight 3,suspended upon a rope or cable supported on pulleys, as shown. A pipe 4is mounted vertically in tank 1, projects up above the water-leveltherein, and is connected at its lower end with an' inlet-pipe 4a and anoutlet-pipe 5, provided with Valves 6 and 7, respectively, to govern theinlet'of air and outlet of air. The outlet-pipe discharges into one endof a tank 8, which I 'term the air-mixer. This tank is divided byvertical wire screen or netting partitions 9 intoV a salt-containingchamber 1 0, through which the moisture-laden air from pipe 5 must pass.A valved air-inlet 11 is provided in said tank 8, through which air maybe admittedfto make the mixture desired.

Ihe outlet end of'air-mixer 8 is connected with one end of acarbureter-tank 12 by a pipe 13a. The tank 12 contains hydrocarbonliquid up to the desired level and salt. Vertical partitions 13 arelocated in tank 12, ex-

tending from the top down to near the bottom thereof and made withperforations 14 above the liquid-level, through which the air passes andis interrupted by the partitions. A valved gas-outlet pipe l5communicates with the end of tank 12 to convey the gas to any desiredpoint for combustion or storage. A hydrocarbon and salt inlet 16 isprovided in the top of the tank and a drain-faucet 17 is located nearthe bottom of said tank.

The operation of my improvements is as follows: Valve 6 being open andvalve? closed, air is forced through pipe 4 into the bell 2. The airaccumulates in the bell above the salt water therein and raises thebell. Then a suiiicient quantity of air collects in the bell, valve 6 isclosed and valve 7 opened. The moisture-laden air will then pass throughpipe 5 to the mixer 8. The salt in this chamber will absorb moisturefrom the air entering the chamber by the pipe 5 and fresh air will enterby the pipe 11. The mixed air will flow from chamber 8 and will passinto carbureter-tank 12, and in its obstructed passage through tank 12will be thoroughly impregnated with hydrocarbon vapor and escapetherefrom a perfect gas for illuminating or heating.

; A great many slight changes might be made b b C in the general formand arrangement of the parts described without departing from myinvention. Hence I do not restrict myself to the precise details setforth, but consider myself at liberty to make such changes andalterationsas fairly fall within the spirit and scope of my invention.

Having fully described my invention, what Iiclaim as new,'and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is-

Oarburetingapparatus comprising a hydrocarbon-receptacle, a series ofparallel partitions dividing said receptacle into a series of chambers,said partitions extending from the top of the receptacle to pointsabovethe bottom thereof whereby hydrocarbon oil in the several compartmentswill be maintained at a common level, said partitions havingunobstructed perforations above the oil-level for the passage of airfrom one compartment to another and over the hydrocarbon oil there- IOOin, an air-drier communicating with one end specification in thepresence of two subscribeompartrnent, an outlet for earbnreted air ingWitnesses. communicating with the other end compartment of the hydrociirbon-receptaele and means for passing' air through said drier andhydro- Witnesses: carbon-receptacle. JAMES J. SMITH,

In testimony whereof I have signed this .FRANK P. HOPRAUN.

JESSE C. THOMPSON.

